Picture-hook



lL. S..'T'YLEI.

. CTUR FIL 26.3,1917- APPL Patented June 15, 1920.

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Y opening between Lucius s f'rvLER, or' Bosrron,.naissicHusrrr'rs'.v f

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4To all 'whom it may concern: ,y

Beit known thaty I, Luciusk S. Trauma citizen of the United States, and a resident of'Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Picturellooks,of'which the following description, yin connection with the accompanying drawingsfis a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.' n 'v This 'invention relates' to a picture hook capable of 4being applied'to a' molding and has for its object to provide a'picture hook of the character described, which may be securely fitted 'uponvthe end of a suitable elevating` device, as for instance a yard stick, and firmly held rin engagement therewith against accidental displacement to enable the picture hook to be placed upon the molding, which vi's ordinarily out of the reach of the hand, and which usually necessitates the employment of a chair or other ineen venien't means -to enable the desired y,hanging ofthe picture tobe effected. Y n

To this end the picture hook which'has the usual molding-'engaging member and the cord-receiving member, is provided withy a tongue member extending toward the cordengaging member to form a spring arm capable of being sprung outwardly by an elevating device which is inserted into the the end of the spring and the cord-engaging member, and which in the operative position of the picture hook on said eleva ting device has a bearing on the outer surface thereof between the bearings of the inner surface of the elevating device, with the body portion andthe cord-engaging member. The picture hook thus constructed when engaged with the elevating device, such for instance as a yard stick, may be conveniently raised to the desired position upon the molding, adjusted laterally upon the same, and when in its operative position the elevating device may be Veasily withdrawn from engagement with the picture hook without danger of removing the hook from the molding.

The particular features of the invention will be pointed out in the claim at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of one form of picture hook embodying this invention, showing the same in its upon an elevating device.

V`Specification of Letters Patent.y

' 'Referring to are and may bey of `lower point of the arm initial position` yPatented-J'une 15,1920.

r Appi'ic'ationfniea December 3,'11917. seria; No; 205,027.

Figj'2, a like in its operative po'sition'upon the molding 'andiirmly secured Ito the elevatingdevice. Fig 3, a front elevation, yand r" lFig. 4, a rear elevatio ofthe hook shown inFgslandQ.

Y the "drawing, 10 represents the body portion of a picture hook,-which maybe vprovid'edfat its kopposite ends with the usual molding-engaging :member 12,I and the cord-jreceiving. member 13, 'which kparts sheet metal,as inany' of Athe present knownforms of hooks now used for hanging pictures uponA moldings,`

The body portion 1()` of the hook, .inl accordance withfthis invention, is provided with a spring-tongue member 14, which is 'preferably cut out therefrom, and' which is ymade ofsubstantial length and bent to A form an arm 15, which is substantially parallel withthebody portion, for a purpose as will kbe described.

` `The tongue member 14 is pref erablyk made ofy such length that the lower'end of the arm 15`is separated from the member 13 by an opening 16 less than the distance from'the lower end of the said arm to thebodyportion 10.

` When it isy desired to hang a picture upon a high'molding, which is out of theordinary reach of the hand, the operator places the cord of the picture in the cord-receiving member 13, and inserts an elevation devicev 17, which for illustration may be assumed to be a yard stick, through the opening 16 and into the position shown in Fig. 1.

In this initial position of the elevating device, it has bearings at the following three points, to wit -first at its end against an intermediate point of the body portion as at 18; second, upon its underside upon the upper surface of the cord-receiving member 13, and third, upon itsupper side at the 15 of the springtongue member 14.

From this initial position, a moderate amount of downward pressure exerted upon the hook by the hand of the operator forces the same into the second or operative vposition illustrated in Fig. 2, in which the lower elevation, showing ythe i hook surface of the elevating device 17 bears as in the junction of the tongue member 14 with said body portion. The elevating member i 17 is securelyheld in this position by the pressure exerted upon its upper or outer surface by the arm 15 of the tongue member, which is sprung out away from the body portion and bears on the elevating device intermediate they points of engagement of the under vsurface of thel elevating device with the body portion -10 and the member 13.

The hook is now in position upon the elevating device tobe raised, and (is securely held against accidental dislodgment.

After the hook has been established upon the elevating device, it is raised up to the desired position so that the molding-engaging member 12 engages the molding 23. By

downward pressure upon the picture cord, thehook is maintained in firm relation to the molding and the elevating device 17 can be readily withdrawn by moderate downward pull upon the same, and the desired result of hanging the picture without the use of auxiliary ladders or other inconvenient means of reaching the molding, is accomplished.

vVhen it is desired to remove the picture hook from the molding, the reverse cycle of operations is performed. A downward pressure upon the picture cord .holds the hook firmly upon the molding and the elevating device 17 is theninserted into its operating position under the spring-tongue member 141, as is illustrated in F ig. 2, lthus securely establishing thewhook upon the device 17, whereupon the picture hook may be readily lifted from its position upon the molding and adjusted lengthwise thereof or taken down therefrom as may be desired.

Vhile it is preferred to stamp out the spring-tongue member from the body porl tion to a picture hook made of sheet metal.

It will be observed that the picture cord is laid in the member 13 prior to elevating lthe picture hook, and that it is not necessary thatthe elevating member should sustain the weight ofthe picture, and further it will be seen that when the hook is in operative position on the elevating device, the latter forms a closure for the cord-receiving member and prevents the cord being disengaged from said member while the picture-hoo is being placed in position on the molding with the cord either slack. or under tension.

Claim.

A picture hookcomprising a body portion having at one end a molding-engaging member and at its other end a cord-receiving member, and having a spring-tongue member vprojecting outwardly away from the body portion near the molding-engagin member and provided with an arm separatedr from said body portion by la substantial space and extended downward toward and near to the said cord-receiving member substantially parallel with said body member to impart to said arm a spring action and coperating with said cord-receiving mem- ,ber and body portion to form therewith a three-point bearing forfrictionally engaging the opposite surfaces of an lelevating device extended under the said tongue member and between its arm and the cord-receiving l member to enable the said hook to be frictionally secured to said device.

In testimony whereof I havensigned my name to this specification.

LUCIUS S. TYLER. 

